| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: ing our deficiencies.
We landed several miles north of Thuria in a little
cove that seemed to offer protection from the heavier
seas which sometimes run, even upon these usually
pacific oceans of Pellucidar. Here I outlined to Dian
and Juag the plans I had in mind. They were to fit
the canoe with a small sail, the purposes of which
I had to explain to them both--since neither had ever
seen or heard of such a contrivance before. Then they
were to hunt for food which we could transport with
us, and prepare a receptacle for water.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: reason that I shall fail again."
She caught her breath with a quick gasp. "It is like a bereavement to hear you
speak of going away and remaining away. I should never see you again. It is
too terrible. And do not reproach yourself for weakness. It is I who am to
blame. It is I who prevented you from remaining away before, I know. I wanted
you so. I want you so.
"There is nothing to be done, Chris, nothing to be done but to go on with it
and let it work itself out somehow. That is one thing we are sure of: it will
work out somehow."
"But it would be easier if I went away," he suggested.
"I am happier when you are here."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Fisherman's Luck by Henry van Dyke: but they are unmoved. They are securely anchored here in the lee of
Sabbath-Day Point.
What enchantment binds them to that inconsiderable spot? What magic
fixes their eyes upon the point of a fishing-rod, as if it were the
finger of destiny? It is the enchantment of uncertainty: the same
natural magic that draws the little suburban boys in the spring of
the year, with their strings and pin-hooks, around the shallow ponds
where dace and redfins hide; the same irresistible charm that fixes
a row of city gamins, like ragged and disreputable fish-crows, on
the end of a pier where blear-eyed flounders sometimes lurk in the
muddy water. Let the philosopher explain it as he will. Let the
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